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MARCH
4-5 Front Gate
Setting the agenda for the month ahead
6 Park Hoppin’
Paul Ruben goes off-road
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Dinosaur parks, all equipped with the same
exhibits, may soon start to lose customers.
7 Park Law
What was a revelation four years ago is
already becoming a cliché
Heather Eichenbaum discusses employees complaints Anna Lukasik profiles a Polish park phenomenon, P26 ”
6-15 Park News P24
Your monthly round-up
22 Conference Preview
TiLEzone
24-25 Dutch Experience
Attraction profiles
26-28 Dinosaur Wars
Park profiles from Eastern Europe
30-32 Camden Park
P30
Park profile from the USA
33 Jawa Timur Park
Park profile from Indonesia
34-35 Attraction Accountability
Park Operations
37-39 Ride Guide Extra
New products for parks and attractions
41 Web Guide
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It is commonly accepted that several
factors can have negative influence on
park attendance. This causes one to
wonder whether these factors can have a
Online resources for the amusement industry
positive influence on attendance as well.
Piers Cornelis examines the relationship between new ”
42 Show Guide
attractions and attendance increases, P34
Exhibitions and networking for amusement professionals P37
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MARCH 2009
THIS MONTH’S COVER SHOT: In a short space of time, the Belgian company
Alterface has made its mark on the amusement industry with a number of hi-tech
attractions, including the Desperados game/CinemAction interactive theatre,
interactive dark rides and now an interactive haunted house (see page 17).
Alterface has also developed a package of groundbreaking new interactive
attractions for indoor applications – watch this space!
www.alterface.com
Raise
your
game!
Dino Parks
Attraction
Accountability
Ride Guide
Extra
+more!
Meet the
interactiv
e
new faces
of Alterfac
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